Wage Plan

August 6, 1985

QUEBEC — Manpower Minister Pauline Marois thinks raising the minimum wage would be a good idea. The province's largest employers' group has a second opinion: The increase would cost jobs. A spokesman for the Conseil du patronat du Quebec said many employers would lay off workers rather than pay the higher wage. He predicted about 14,000 people would lose their jobs. Quebec's minimum wage: $4 an hour. The proposed increase would be from 5 percent to 10 percent.